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Blessed Marie Séraphine was with an Angel and Saw Martin Luther in an “Abyss of Fire” - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

How Do We Re-Establish an Artistic Tradition and Make if Relevant Today? – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism

Gossip and Whistle-Blowers – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today

Book Review: God, Money, and Catholicism – CWR Staff, The Catholic World Report

Divorce For Kids: Infectious Disease Or Single Blow – David Roney, Catholic Stand

Evidence Christ Offered the Last Supper as a Sacrifice – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers

Confusing God’s Borders with Our Own – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand

Struggles All Catholics with ADHD Can Understand – Alex R. Hey, epicPew

Sexy is No Substitute for Class – Shane Schaetzel, Fully Christian

They’re Confessors, Not “Culture-Warriors” - George Weigel, First Things

Kenyan Catholic Ministers of Parliament Clash Over “Same Sex Marriage” – Allen Otaro, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

Pope Rolls the Dice on Reform Blending Old Guard with New Wave – John L. Allen Jr., Crux

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis